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BARREL FILLER.

No. 334,268. Patented Jah..12, 1886.

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J. MoKENZIE.

BARREL FILLER.

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NITED STATES J OHN MCKENZIE, OF EST TROY, NEXV YORK.

BARREL-FILLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,268, dated January12, 1886.

Application filed October-19. 1885. Serial No. 180,257. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN MCKENZIE, a resident of West Troy, in thecounty of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Barrel-Fillers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, thatwill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and .tothe letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Similar letters'refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

My invention relates to improvements in barrel-fillers.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved combination offloat-controlled trips and levers for releasing and closing aspringactuated valve, and in providing a convenient means for adjustingthe resistance of the parts to the action of the float.

My invention embodies certain improvements upon the device shown inUnited States Letters Patent No. 323,708, issued to me August 4, 1885,for improvements in barrel-fillers, whichwill be described in connectionwith the drawings, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of the supply-cock. Fig. 2is a side elevation of float containing tube detached. Fig. 3 is abottom plan view of the part shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a verticalcentral section of cock and tube attached. Fig. 5 is a horizontalsection taken at broken line :0 y in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a front elevationof leverD detached. Fig. 7 is a top plan view of lever a detached.

A is the supply-cock, provided with inlet 0 and drop-valve V, hingedupon spindle H, to close the outlet V when actuated by spring S. Thespindle H passes through a stuffing-box and projectsfrom one side of thecock, the projecting end being provided with handle H and notch n,adapted to receive the latch J. WVhen the valve is lifted by handle H tothe position shown in Fig. 4, the handle takes the position shown bydotted lines in Fig. 1, and the hook of the latch enters notch n andholds the valve open. The spigot G, projecting from the cock, isprovided with pins P, adapted to enter correspondingly-situated slots 1in tube B, .by which the tube is held in position when the slotted endis slipped upon the spigot, as shown in Fig. 4. The tube contains asmaller tube, T, adapted to receive the float F, which is suspended bylink b from one end of lever a, pivoted at e. The other end of lever ais provided with the bifurcated arms a, projecting upward in a directionabout right-angular to arms a, and adapted to inclose the lower end oflever D, pivoted at d upon tube B. The upper end of lever D is providedwith a beveled notch, D, adapted to engage with and trip the longer armof lever K, pivoted at t upon the cock. The shorter arm of lever K isprovided with a projecting handle, L, and actuating-spring S, also withthe projecting finger 9, adapted to engage the tripping-latch J andforce its hook into and out of engagement with notch n, to trip thespindle H when the valve is opened.

In operating the device the lower end of tube B is inserted within thebarrel, the upper end being attached, previously or afterward, as mostconvenient, to the spigot G. The valveV is then opened by means ofhandle H, and latch J forced into engagement with notch or by an upwardpressure upon the handle L, which latter movement also forces the longerarm of lever K down into engagement with notch D on lever D, where it isheld by the weight of the float acting through levers a and D. Theliquid then flows through the tube into the barrel until it rises to thelevel of the bottom of the float, when, entering apertures m, it buoysup the float until its weightis suffieiently reduced to permit spring Sto overcome the detaining force of notch D upon the engaging lever K,and withdraw latch J from notch or, whereupon spring S immediatelycloses the valve, and the flow of the liquid is stopped. The upper endof spring S bears against a solid wall of the cock, while the lower endrests in a threaded socket in the short arm of lever K, and bears uponthe threaded adjusting-screw G, adapted to fit and be screwed into andout of the socket. I am able, therefore, to increase or diminish thetensional force of spring S upon lever K by turning the adjusting-screwin or out, respectively. I can increase its force to such a degree thatthe whole weight of the float will be required to detain levers K incontact with notch D, or I can diminish it so that the weight of a verysmall part of the float will be suificient to maintain the contact. Suchan adjustment becomes of the greatest value in the practical operationof barrel-fillers, as the filler can be easily and quickly adjusted forchanging barrels to different degrees of fullness and with differentkinds of liquids, some of which act more quickly upon the float thanothers.

By employing the bifurcated arms a, I am able to introduce another leverD between the float and actuating spring S, which renders the operationof the device more sensitive to adjustment and control, the lower end oflever D sliding freely upon the arms when moved to or from the straightline passing through the pivots e and d.

JOHN MCKENZIE.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. A. MosHER, CHAS. L. ALDEN.

